"You've been having a hell of a year," Sherman says. "I've been proud of you since you spurned us. Hey, I didn't want to tell nobody what I told you. But I didn't want you to go down that path. I'm proud of you, boy."

The Washington Post tagged this as a reference to Griffin bypassing Stanford for Baylor, but that indicates he followed Sherman's advice on the matter. Yet another angle to one of the more unusual postgame hubbubs of recent days.